Last Updated on January 27, 2025
Due to its temperate Pacific Northwest climate, British Columbia’s coastal capital city, Victoria, is one of the only places in Canada to enjoy stunning spring blooms as early as –get this – February.
Canada’s famous City of Gardens boasts incredible cherry blossoms, wildflowers and more throughout the spring and it’s one of mine and my wife’s favorite garden destinations in the world.
Victoria’s seasonal flower festivities offer locals and visitors a showstopping selection of impressive gardens to enjoy the floral blooms. This is where you’ll see them in all their glory.
Greater Victoria Flower Count
Returning for its 50th year in 2025, Greater Victoria Flower Count celebrates the spring season with a community event where locals and visitors can count the floral blooms across the Greater Victoria region to earn the title of the area’s “Bloomingest Community.”
Organized by local businesses, Destination Greater Victoria, and The Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce, the event encourages the city to come together to immerse itself in the region’s natural beauty.
Spring dates will be announced on the website soon.
Butchart Gardens
For an essential look at Victoria’s flowers, visitors and locals can meander through floral-lined paths at Butchart Gardens. As one of the city’s most iconic attractions for over 120 years, this 55-acre garden showcases hundreds of plant varieties year-round and in the spring, welcomes over 300,000 bulbs. If you’ve never visited, I highly recommend putting this on your wish list. You’ll be forever glad you did.
Toward the end of March, guests can experience peak season for daffodils and hyacinths and by mid-April, the tulips, cherry blossoms, and dogwood trees are at their full peak. Don’t miss Butchart’s famous Sunken Garden, a transformed quarry, featuring 65,000 bulbs planted every spring.
Because of the city’s temperate coastal climate, visitors can spot spectacular cherry blossoms as early as late February through May, offering plenty of chances to experience peak bloom.
These pink and white flowering trees surround some of Victoria’s most popular landmarks, including Hatley Castle, Government House, and View Street in the heart of downtown. Visitors can also catch the cherry blossoms in Butchart Gardens’ Japanese Garden, with trees blossoming alongside 200 meters of flowing streams and hundreds of vibrant flowers.
Abkjazi Garden
Built by the Prince and Princess Abkhazi in 1946, Abkhazi Garden features a heritage home and vibrant garden covering one acre in the heart of Victoria. In the spring, guests can admire vibrant blooms over the rocky terrain while wandering along its paths or enjoying a classic afternoon tea in the property’s Teahouse.
Bilston Creek Farm
Visitors can take a piece of Victoria’s spring blooms home with a visit to Bilston Creek Farm. At this centuries old farm, guests can walk through sprawling fields of lavender, relax around a fire pit in the Apple Orchard, buy seasonal goods at the farm’s craft markets, or grab a bite to eat during the Pizza Weekends popups by Hustle & Dough, offered almost every Saturday and Sunday.
While on the property, guests can shop for small batch handmade-on-the-farm goods from lavender, apples, honey, and local foraged botanicals to indulge in floral-powered wellness beyond Victoria.
